Lafayette Hotel
• Trinity: This is it. Let me give you one piece of advice. Be honest. He knows more than you can imagine.
• Morpheus: At last. Welcome, Neo. As you no doubt have guessed, I am Morpheus.
• Neo: It's an honor to meet you.
• Morpheus: No, the honor is mine. Please, come. Sit. I imagine, that right now you're feeling a bit like Alice. Tumbling down the rabbit hole?
• Neo: You could say that.
• Morpheus: I can see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees, because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, this is not far from the truth. Do you believe in fate, Neo?
• Neo: No.
• Morpheus: Why not?
• Neo: Because I don't like the idea, that I'm not in control of my life.
• Morpheus: I know exactly what you mean. Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know, you can't explain. But you feel it. You've felt it your entire life. That there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there. Like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?
• Neo: The Matrix?
• Morpheus: Do you want to know what it is? The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us, even now in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work, when you go to church, when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes, to blind you from the truth.
• Neo: What truth?
• Morpheus: That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else, you were born into bondage, born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch. A prison for your mind. Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself. This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe, whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Remember, all I'm offering is the truth, nothing more. (Neo takes red pill) Follow me. (Morpheus and Neo walk into another room) Apoc, are we online?
• Apoc: Almost.
• Morpheus: Time is always against us. Please, take a seat there.
• Neo: You did all this?
• Trinity: Mm-hmm.
• Morpheus: The pill you took is part of a trace program. It's designed to disrupt your input/output carrier signals so we can pinpoint your location.
• Neo: What does that mean?
• Cypher: It means buckle your seat belt, Dorothy, because Kansas is going bye-bye.
• Neo: Did you...?
• Morpheus: Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?
• Neo: This can't be.
• Morpheus: Be what? Be real?
• Trinity: It's going into replication.
• Morpheus: Apoc?
• Apoc: Still nothing.
• Neo: It's cold. It's cold!
• Morpheus: Tank, we're going to need a signal soon.
• Trinity: I've got a fibrillation.
• Morpheus: Apoc, location.
• Apoc: Targeting almost there.
• Trinity: He's going into arrest.
• Apoc: Lock. I got him!
• Morpheus: Now, Tank, now!